Effect of beaver dam analogs (BDAs) on waterborne protozoal pathogens <i>Giardia duodenalis</i> and <i>Cryptosporidium parvum</i>.

ABSTRACT: Installing beaver dam analogs (BDAs) in freshwater ecosystems is a process-based restoration technique mimicking natural beaver dams to increase stream channel complexity, floodplain connectivity, and hydrological residence time. BDAs have been applied in recent years by resource managers to improve riparian habitats with beneficial effects on ecosystem services, including improved water quality. While BDAs have been shown to reduce suspended sediments and nutrients in surface waters, research is needed to evaluate BDA effects on waterborne fecal pathogens such as Giardia duodenalis (syn. G. lamblia, G. intestinalis) and Cryptosporidium parvum. At a California riparian field site, this study used an in situ release trial of inactivated protozoal (oo)cysts

SUBMITTER: Loredo AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12016503 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature